User:IanWilliams25/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
The article that I am evaluating—Behavioral Addiction—can be found at the following link.

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I have chosen this article to evaluate because it was found in a list of psychology articles that are in need of additional information. I believe that behavioral addictions are an important area of psychology as many people suffer with the consequences of addiction while our American culture tends to look down on those with behavioral addictions, and because of this I think that this is an area that must be better understood. My preliminary impressions of this article is that it seems quite thorough, however there was no mention of group therapy as a treatment method for behavioral addictions.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

The lead section for the article Behavioral Addiction is effective. The intro concisely and clearly describes a behavioral addiction. The lead does not briefly mention the sections that are included in the article. The lead does not include information that is left out of the rest of the article. The lead is concise.

The content included in the Behavioral Addiction article is relevant to the topic. The sources are up to date as most of the information used comes from the mid 2010's, although some sources from the 1990's could likely use an update. The only notable informational gap is the failure to mention social support groups in the treatment section.

The tone for the Behavioral Addiction article remains neutral, and consistent throughout the entire post. All of the sources included in the article come from unbiased sources, however certain sections—like the treatment section—include large amounts of information that is not backed by any sources so these areas need more information.

The talk page for the Behavioral Addiction article includes both utilitarian posts mentioning edits or the need for more information, while also including true discussions about the nature of addiction or the environmental components of developing a behavioral addiction. Furthermore, this article is a part of the Psychology Wikiproject.

Overall, the Behavioral Addiction article is effective, although it could greatly benefit from more information from current sources. The need for more information is especially apparent as behavioral addictions are themselves quite new to the world of psychology, and as a result the consensus for understanding these disorders progresses rapidly and changes constantly.